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List Price: $13.98
Our Price: $9.45
Your Save: $ 4.53 ( 32% )
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Manufacturer: EMI Latin
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724384578329
Format: Original recording reissued
Label: EMI Latin
Manufacturer: EMI Latin
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: EMI Latin
Release Date: 2003-01-22
Studio: EMI Latin
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Summary: Lively up yourself
Comment: King Sunny Ade meets Pete Seger. I'm unable to maintain a frown when the disk starts spinning. Enriched by what feels like a living room jam session , led by an international ambassador to whom languages are as distinct as he happens to decide they are while he weaves another story. This World Village sound brings up Jimmy Cliff tales of struggle and hope , blended with those Harry Belafonte Calypso sing alongs, suddenly and quite importantly married to the best of Hip Hop . Hey Ya !
Customer Rating:
Summary: Holy Guacamole
Comment: This CD is like a drug for me - 3 years later I can not stop listening it. The more I listed to it the more I like it. I shared it with a friend who is now hooked on Manu Chao - "His songs make me feel good".
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Summary: Alienation, dispair, and hope...
Comment: There are so many reviews on this recording, but many miss some important points. Yes, this music can be appreciated on purely musical merits.. it's really very good and it grows on you. But it's brilliance lies in his ability to use his own 'foreign-ness' (he's French, singing in Spanish mostly) to express the alienation and dispair of the illegal immigrant in Europe-- that illegal immigrant symbolizing the angst of any modern individual who is paying attention to what is happening in our world. Manu Chao's often over-enunciated and simplistic Spanish mimics the immigrant who speaks Spanish as an acquired language: the Africans and Arabs that sneak into Spain and other countries to find work, to find a future... he even sings slightly off-key and off-rhythmn at times to seem like a natural narration, a man on the road... Other times he exhibits a beautiful (non-nasal) voice.
That theme of alienation and dispair-- hiding, being pursued, suffering, loneliness, the great lies of this world-- is often punctuated by hopeful flights of fancy and exuberant musical celebrations. Some of the pieces are as odd as the world around us: snippets of radio, TV, newscasts, a Zapatista manifesto, sampled music, sounds of nature and the street... all mixed into a wonderful musical narration.
Manu Chao's recent concert in Tijuana (August 2008) was a huge event, with the environment and context of his concert (at the bullring by the sea, literally right next to the busiest border in the world)-- a great venue for a very important artist with an adoring crowd. He appeared at a local bar afterward, continuing to generously give of himself, talking to and hugging everyone who aproached him.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great CD
Comment: As always, I love his music. I am delighted it was reissued at a reasonable price.
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Summary: Easy listening
Comment: If you wanna relax after work with some cold drink or hot for that matter. Just put on this record and close your eyes.....
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Lively up yourself
Comment: King Sunny Ade meets Pete Seger. I'm unable to maintain a frown when the disk starts spinning. Enriched by what feels like a living room jam session , led by an international ambassador to whom languages are as distinct as he happens to decide they are while he weaves another story. This World Village sound brings up Jimmy Cliff tales of struggle and hope , blended with those Harry Belafonte Calypso sing alongs, suddenly and quite importantly married to the best of Hip Hop . Hey Ya !
Customer Rating:
Summary: Holy Guacamole
Comment: This CD is like a drug for me - 3 years later I can not stop listening it. The more I listed to it the more I like it. I shared it with a friend who is now hooked on Manu Chao - "His songs make me feel good".
Customer Rating:
Summary: Alienation, dispair, and hope...
Comment: There are so many reviews on this recording, but many miss some important points. Yes, this music can be appreciated on purely musical merits.. it's really very good and it grows on you. But it's brilliance lies in his ability to use his own 'foreign-ness' (he's French, singing in Spanish mostly) to express the alienation and dispair of the illegal immigrant in Europe-- that illegal immigrant symbolizing the angst of any modern individual who is paying attention to what is happening in our world. Manu Chao's often over-enunciated and simplistic Spanish mimics the immigrant who speaks Spanish as an acquired language: the Africans and Arabs that sneak into Spain and other countries to find work, to find a future... he even sings slightly off-key and off-rhythmn at times to seem like a natural narration, a man on the road... Other times he exhibits a beautiful (non-nasal) voice.
That theme of alienation and dispair-- hiding, being pursued, suffering, loneliness, the great lies of this world-- is often punctuated by hopeful flights of fancy and exuberant musical celebrations. Some of the pieces are as odd as the world around us: snippets of radio, TV, newscasts, a Zapatista manifesto, sampled music, sounds of nature and the street... all mixed into a wonderful musical narration.
Manu Chao's recent concert in Tijuana (August 2008) was a huge event, with the environment and context of his concert (at the bullring by the sea, literally right next to the busiest border in the world)-- a great venue for a very important artist with an adoring crowd. He appeared at a local bar afterward, continuing to generously give of himself, talking to and hugging everyone who aproached him.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great CD
Comment: As always, I love his music. I am delighted it was reissued at a reasonable price.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Easy listening
Comment: If you wanna relax after work with some cold drink or hot for that matter. Just put on this record and close your eyes.....
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